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Augustine of Hippo, who is said to have died on this date in 430 A.D.
"He is, after all, not merely taking over a Neoplatonic ontology, but he is attempting to combine it with a scriptural tradition of a rather different sort, one wherein the divine attributes most prized in the Greek tradition (e.g. necessity, immutability, and atemporal eternity) must somehow be combined with the personal attributes (e.g. will, justice, and historical purpose) of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
-- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Augustine
Here is a rather different attempt to combine the eternal with the temporal:
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The Eternal
Symbol of necessity, immutability, and atemporal eternity:

For details, see finite geometry of the square and cube. |
The Temporal
Symbol of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob:

For details, see Under God (Aug. 11, 2006) |
The eternal combined with the temporal:
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Related material:
Hitler's Still Point and the previous entry.
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